"This conceit would loosen the reines of our lust, and tollerate us to live as we list."
— Bunyan, John (bap. 1628, d. 1688)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Nath. Ponder
Date
1678
Metaphor
"This conceit would loosen the reines of our lust, and tollerate us to live as we list."
Metaphor in Context
Ignor.
What! would you have us trust to what Christ in his own person has done without us! This conceit would loosen the reines of our lust, and tollerate us to live as we list: For what matter how we live, if we may be Justified by Christs personal righteousness from all, when we believe it?
(p. 206)
What! would you have us trust to what Christ in his own person has done without us! This conceit would loosen the reines of our lust, and tollerate us to live as we list: For what matter how we live, if we may be Justified by Christs personal righteousness from all, when we believe it?
(p. 206)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
See The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream, Wherein Is Discovered the Manner of His Setting out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Countrey. (London: Printed for Nath. Ponder, 1678). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Reading The Pilgrims's Progress, ed. Cynthia Wall (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009).
Reading The Pilgrims's Progress, ed. Cynthia Wall (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009).
Date of Entry
09/02/2014
